Petition of the Day

Issue: Whether management officials are (1) subject to exclusion from protection under section 704(a) of Title VII if their actions are within the scope of their ofﬁcial duties (the rule in the Fifth, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits); (2) protected under section 704(a) regardless of whether their actions are within the scope of their
ofﬁcial duties (the rule in the Sixth and District of Columbia Circuits); or (3) subject to exclusion from protection under section 704(a) if their actions are not within the scope of their ofﬁcial duties (the rule in the Ninth Circuit).

Aug. 2015

In a conversation with Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard, Justice Samuel Alito reflects upon (among other things) his arrival on the Court, recent First Amendment cases, the themes in his dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges, and his love for baseball.